A natural inquiry into the national enquirer: Self‐induced versus task‐induced reading comprehensionFootnote∗

The first experiment in this article was the second author's undergraduate honor's thesis, completed under the direction of the first author. We would like to thank Cheryl Graesser, Sallie Jebousek, Edward Lovelace, and Stan Woll for their aid and advice in various stages of this research, and their comments on an earlier draft of this article. Requests for reprints should be sent to Arthur C. Graesser, Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92634.

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